A 64-year-old man with type II diabetes mellitus is brought in by ambulance for a 2-hour history of dyspnea and chest tightness. ECG shows ST-elevations in the anterior leads. A chest x-ray is shown.
Which of the following combinations of pressures is most likely in this patient?
↑ Pulmonary capillary hydrostatic; ↑ alveolar interstitial hydrostatic; ↑ alveolar interstitial oncotic
↑ Pulmonary capillary hydrostatic; ↑ alveolar interstitial hydrostatic; ↓ alveolar interstitial oncotic
↑ Pulmonary capillary hydrostatic; ↓ alveolar interstitial hydrostatic; ↑ alveolar interstitial oncotic
↑ Pulmonary capillary hydrostatic; ↓ alveolar interstitial hydrostatic; ↓ alveolar interstitial oncotic
↓ Pulmonary capillary hydrostatic; ↑ alveolar interstitial hydrostatic; ↑ alveolar interstitial oncotic
↓ Pulmonary capillary hydrostatic; ↑ alveolar interstitial hydrostatic; ↓ alveolar interstitial oncotic
↓ Pulmonary capillary hydrostatic; ↓ alveolar interstitial hydrostatic; ↑ alveolar interstitial oncotic
↓ Pulmonary capillary hydrostatic; ↓ alveolar interstitial hydrostatic; ↓ alveolar interstitial oncotic
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